Monday evening, admiring Strike Impact with all his dapples and the
good flesh he carries, I felt pretty cocky, saying to Pat, “If he runs
to his looks, he could be tough.”

Strike Impact, the one-horse stable trained and partly-owned by my
husband, Pat Dupuy, is targeting the $175,000-added, Grade II
Firecracker Handicap at a mile on turf on Churchill Downs’ closing-day
card July 4. It will be the biggest race the horse or Pat has ever been
in.